| Acronym | Meaning |
| TCA | Trichloroacetic Acid |
| DLL | Dynamic Link Library |
| QAMB | Quality Assurance Materials Bank (USEPA) |
| POM | Polarized Optical Microscopy |
| BMAP | Biological Monitoring And Abatement Program |
| HPIAC | High-performance Immunoaffinity Chromatography |
| ATRS | Attenuated Total Reflection Spectroscopy |
| PELAN | Pulsed Elemental Analysis With Neutrons |
| OSAILS | Optical Sensor Array And Integrated Light Source |
| PSI-BLAST | Position-specific Iterated BLAST |