| Acronym | Meaning |
| FWPCA | Federal Water Pollution Control Administration |
| ETD | Enhanced Trickle Down (watershed Acidification Model) |
| AWRG | Acid Waters Review Group (UK) |
| BWIP | Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| LCR | Ligase Chain Reaction |
| AFGP | Antifreeze Glycoprotein |
| PPI | Prepulse Inhibition |
| OAP | Optical Atom Probe |
| OBIC | Optical Beam Induced Current |
| NIRIM | Near-IR Raman Imaging Microscope |