| Acronym | Meaning |
| DENT | Double-edge Notched Tension |
| CDOM | Colored Dissolved Organic Matter |
| BWCCD | Brillouin-Wigner Coupled-cluster (with) Double (excitation) |
| BHRA | British Hydromechanics Research Association |
| PTX | Pertussis Toxin |
| EDR | Electrodialysis Reversal |
| SO | Stieltjes Orbitals (for Mol. Photoionization Continua) |
| GHF | Generalized Hartree-Fock Method |
| SERDS | Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy |
| CLTVD | Controlled Low-temperature Vacuum Dehydration |