| Acronym | Meaning |
| HWM | Hazardous Waste Management |
| LIM | Last Interglacial Maximum (era Of Warm Nonglacial Climate Between PGP And LGM) |
| CTD | Charge Transfer Device (optical Spectroscopic Detector) |
| SOC | Superposition Of Configurations (wave Functions) |
| RACS | Response Action Contractors |
| ETS | Electron Transmission Spectroscopy |
| VOC | Viable Organism Count |
| CBDS | Carcinogenesis Bioassay Data System |
| VS | Volatile Solids |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived Growth Factor |