| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMLS | Chemical Movement In Layered Soils |
| BRGM | Bureau Of Geol. And Mining Research (France) |
| WWAP | World Water Assessment Programme |
| NNRTI | Non-nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor |
| LAOES | Laser Ablation Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| EVLSM | Evanescent Wave Light-scattering Microscopy |
| RTKNET | Right-to-Know Network |
| C.I. | Color Index |
| GBT | Generalized Brillouin Theorem |
| CNDO/FK | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/ Fischer-Kollmar |