| Acronym | Meaning |
| BATEA | Best Available Technology Economically Achievable |
| CK | Creatine Kinase |
| IPC | International Patent Classification |
| CMS | Corrective Measures Study |
| EAGLE | European Association For Grey Literature Exploitation |
| NOW | Nonhazardous Oil Field Waste |
| ARCS | Alternative Remedial Contracting Strategy (US EPA) |
| SR-CCD | Single Reference-CCD |
| BBB | Blood-brain Barrier |
| NIRS | Neutral Impact Radiation Spectroscopy |