| Acronym | Meaning |
| OSWER | Office Of Solid Waste And Emergency Response (USEPA) |
| PMO | Perturbed Morse Oscillator (model Potential) |
| HUFA | Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids |
| AFLP | Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism |
| FFF | Field-flow Fractionation |
| EEM | Electronegativity Equalization Method |
| LVSEM | Low Voltage Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| ISVS | In Situ Vapor Stripping |
| BCV | Bovine Coronavirus |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Authority (Australia) |