| Acronym | Meaning |
| PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
| WET | Whole Effluent Toxicity |
| GWM | Groundwater Monitoring |
| SSOP | Sequence Specific Oligonucleotide Probe |
| FPD | Flame Photometric Detector (gas Chromatography) |
| PEG | Polyethylene Glycol |
| CIRS | Composite Infrared Spectrometer |
| SSSP | Solid-state Shear Pulverization |
| FIT | Field Investigation Team (US EPA) |
| NGC | New General Catalog Of Nebula And Clusters Of Starspar |