| Acronym | Meaning |
| NEWWA | New England Water Works Association |
| HMIP | Her Majesty's Inspectorate Of Pollution |
| EPFM | Elasto-plastic Fracture Mechanics |
| ADCP | Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler |
| PBFFF | Potential Barrier Field-flow Fractionation |
| EUSES | European Union System For Evaluation Of Substances |
| EMMA | Electron Microscopy And Microanalysis |
| MDW | Mixed Density Wave |
| SWNT | Single-wall Nanotube |
| UCST | Upper Critical Solution Temperature |