| Acronym | Meaning |
| CW | Continuous Wave |
| EPR | East Pacific Rise |
| ORV | Optical Retardation Velocity |
| GRIP | Greenland Ice Core Project |
| ACAT | Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase |
| NME | New Molecular Entity |
| BPB | Blood Lead |
| DTP | Developmental Therapeutics Program |
| NVDOC | Non-volatile Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| CIIT | Chemical Industry Institute Of Toxicology |