| Acronym | Meaning |
| BPFT | Bohm-Pines-Fock-Tani (Hamiltonian In Calcns. On Plasmons) |
| ANEP | Association Of Northwest Environmental Professionals |
| ANZECC | Australian And New Zealand Environment And Conservation Council |
| DOCKET | Enforcement Docket |
| MRAIRS | Multiple Reflection-absorption Infrared Spectroscopy |
| SEP | Stimulated Emission Pumping |
| ULFM | Unified Ligand Field Model (for Mol. Electronic Energies) |
| GE-PIXE | Grazing-exit Particle-induced X-ray Emission |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| CSO | Combined Sewage Overflow(s) |