| Acronym | Meaning |
| DEM | Discrete Element Method |
| WQCDS | Water Quality Criteria Documents |
| MHIDAS | Major Hazardous Incident Data Service (from UK Atomic Energy Authority) |
| INPI | The French National Institute Of Industrial Property |
| ECOIN | European Core Inventory |
| NATA | National Air Toxics Assessment |
| SCID | Severe Combined Immunodeficiency |
| LCHAD | Long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA Dehydrogenase |
| SFRI | Sludge Filtration Resistance Index |
| APL | Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia |