| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCR | Council For Chemical Research |
| HVA | Homovanillic Acid |
| MIRA | Multivariate Image Rank Analysis |
| NBOD | Nitrogenous Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| AMOSC | Australian Marine Oil Spill Center |
| OMCVD | Organometallic Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| PRIME | Plume Rise Model Enhancements |
| LEACH | Leaching Evaluation Of Agricultural Chemicals |
| NAICS | North American Industrial Classification System |
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Party (Superfund) |