| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCA | Copper Chromium Arsenic |
| VLTI | Very Large Telescope Interferometer |
| FNA | Fine-needle Aspiration |
| INFERNO | Irradiation Of Narrow Frequency Envelopes By Repeated Nutation And Orbiting |
| MO | Molecular Orbital |
| PVAC | Poly(vinyl Acetate) |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| SCPW | Symmetrized Combination Of Plane Waves |
| ADH | Alcohol Dehydrogenase (reg: 9031-72-5) |
| FCSA | Frequency-corrected Sudden Approxn. (in Mol. Collision Calcns.) |