| Acronym | Meaning |
| CATS | Corrective Action Tracking System |
| VHMS | Volcanic-hosted Massive Sulfide |
| BOP | Basic-O Process |
| BFS | Blast Furnace Slag |
| PLIRRA | Pollution Liability Insurance And Risk Reduction Act |
| MC | Mclean-Chandler Basis Set |
| RBF | Renal Blood Flow |
| CET | Collisional Energy Transfer |
| SDI | Selective Dissemination Of Information |
| FODLS | Fiber Optic Dynamic Light Scattering |