| Acronym | Meaning |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| CUS | Coordinatively Unsaturated Site |
| SWAG | Simulated Waste Access To Groundwater |
| NOAA | National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration |
| EDEC | Equal Distances Equal Charges Model |
| CDEI | Centromere DNA Element I |
| CVG | Cochleovestibular Ganglion |
| OSPARCOM | Oslo And Paris Commission [Environmental Regulations For The European Community] |
| ACQM | Arrangement-channel Quantum Mechanics |
| PP-MRD-CI | Pseudopotential-multireference Double Excitation-CI |