| Acronym | Meaning |
| HC | Hazardous Constituent |
| REMOTS | Remote Ecological Monitoring Of The Seafloor |
| NEWS | National Surface Water Survey (USEPA) |
| TLS | Thermal Lens Spectrometry |
| AAR | Association Of American Railroads |
| PYMS | Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry |
| UTAO | Undistorted Traveling Atomic Orbital |
| EBT | Extended Brillouin Theorem |
| IDD | Insulin-dependent Diabetes |
| NETAC | National Effluent Toxicity Assessment Center |