| Acronym | Meaning |
| DOD | Department Of Defense |
| AHR | Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor |
| OAR | Office Of Air And Radiation (USEPA) |
| PAI | Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor |
| NCAC | Nitrogen-containing Aromatic Compound |
| PFGE | Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis |
| EFA | Evolving Factor Analysis |
| CSFGH | Complex-scaling Fourier-grid Hamiltonian |
| HNFETB | Hybridization Of Nearly Free Elctrons With Tightly Bound States (for Band-structure Calcns.) |
| TPRS | Temperature Programmed Reaction Spectrometry |