| Acronym | Meaning |
| WQC | Water Quality Criteria |
| MCV | Mean Corpuscular Volume |
| MBE | Many-body Expansion (in Mol. Potential Energy Surface Calcn.) |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| ROESY | Rotating-frame Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy |
| EDF | Environmental Defense Fund |
| AUC | Area Under The Curve |
| IP | Ionization Potential |
| CAST | Council For Agricultural Science And Technology |
| LAD | Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency |