| Acronym | Meaning |
| HI | Hydrogen Index |
| ALP | Alkaline Phosphatase |
| CSDA | Continuous Slowing Down Approximation |
| PWBA-C | Coulomb Corrected Plane Wave Born Approxn. |
| NEWWA | New England Water Works Association |
| EST | Expressed Sequence Tag |
| NETA | National Environmental Training Association |
| AFEAS | Alternative Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| RLT | Riemann-Liouville Transform |
| DOC | Department Of Conservation |