| Acronym | Meaning |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| WSATI-WQ | Weighted Species Association Tolerance Index-water Quality |
| FEA | Finite-element Analysis |
| COIL | Chem. Oxygen-iodine Laser |
| ECBM | Enhanced Coalbed Methane (recovery) |
| ITC | Isothermal Titration Calorimetry |
| RCO | Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Expert Group |
| CAM | Complex Angular Momentum (for Rotationally Inelastic Scattering) |
| ALS | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |