| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADMI | American Dye Manufacturers Institute |
| OVGF | Outer-valence Green Function (for Ionization-energy Calcns.) |
| BEAR | Business And Environmentalists In An Alliance For Recycling |
| LSRGO | Light Straight-run Gas Oil |
| MRDL | Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level |
| OTEC | Open Tubular Electrochromatography |
| CDC | Center For Disease Control |
| IEF | Isoelectric Focusing |
| PIXET | Proton Induced X-ray Emission Tomography |
| CEA | Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |