| Acronym | Meaning |
| TGMA | Task Group Of Metal Accumulation |
| IBAD | Ion-Beam-Assisted Deposition |
| UBFF | Urey-Bradley Force Field |
| PHRED | Public Health Risk Evaluation Data |
| DON | Dissolved Organic Nitrogen |
| COBRAS | Cosmic Background Radiation Anisotropy Satellite |
| LOGS | Laser Optogalvanic Spectrometry |
| SBCOD | Slowly Biodegradable Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| BARF | Best Available Retrofit Facility |
| NTS | Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract |