| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIERDA | Heavy Ion Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis |
| HAA | Heterocyclic Aromatic Amine |
| PLDA | Piecewise Linear Discriminant Analysis |
| QAT | Quality Assurance Technical Materials |
| DWE | Distorted-wave (approxn. With) Exchange |
| CHELP | CHarges From ELectrostatic Potential |
| PZT | Lead Zirconate Titanate |
| IND | Investigational New Drug |
| NAPIAP | National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program |
| DOPAC | 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid |