| Acronym | Meaning |
| METAALICUS | Mercury Experiment To Assess Atmospheric Loading In Canada And The US |
| ETEC | Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli |
| NMOG | Non-Methane Organic Gases |
| VSEPR | Valence-shell Electron-pair Repulsion |
| AEDE | Annual Effective Dose Equivalent |
| RBCOD | Readily Biodegradable Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| PVD | Physical Vapor Deposition |
| FI | Fouling Index |
| ELOG | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |
| AMA | American Medical Association |