| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAWD | Solid Amine Water Desorbed |
| AVA | Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed |
| LCMTO | Linear Combination Of Muffin-tin Orbitals |
| NEWS | National Surface Water Survey (USEPA) |
| OFISP | Oscillating Flow Injection Stripping Potentiometry |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organization |
| CEC | Commission Of The European Communities |
| DNR | Department Of Natural Resources |
| IDD | Insulin-dependent Diabetes |
| TDS | Time-dependent Sudden |