| Acronym | Meaning |
| REMS | Reflection Mass Spectrometry |
| NPDES | National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System |
| CNIE | Committee For The National Institute For The Environment |
| HRT | Hormone Replacement Therapy |
| SAES | State Agricultural Experiment Stations |
| NSP | North Sea Project |
| ACFM | Actual Cubic Feet Per Minute |
| NPL | National Priorities List |
| CNDO/IP | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/ionization Potential |
| LMMS | Laser-microprobe Mass Spectrometry |