| Acronym | Meaning |
| BOFSUW | Biodegradable Organic Fraction Of Solid Urban Waste |
| MIAM | Modified Independent-atom Model (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| IGLO | Individual Gauge For Localized Orbital |
| OGTT | Oral Glucose Tolerance Test |
| MRT | Mean Residence Time |
| LAMPRE | Los Alamos Molten Plutonium Reactor Experiment |
| HREELS | High-resolution Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy |
| MARB | Methanotropic Air-tight Rotating Bioreactor |
| PTGF | Perturbative-type Green Function |
| DHMS | Dense Hydrous Magnesium Silicates |