| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCL | Phase Conjugate Laser |
| PCE | Polychromatic Erythrocytes |
| LPM | Liters Per Minute |
| ROSS2 | River Oil Spill Simulation 2 Layer Model |
| UOT | Universal Oxidn. Test |
| MIDAS | Manchester Information Datasets And Associated Services |
| SNAP | Soluble NSF Attachment Protein |
| FETAX | Frog Embryo Teratogenesis Assay-Xenopus |
| MIC | Methyl Isocyanate |
| BBGKY | Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon Equations (in Kinetic Theory Of Fluids) |