| Acronym | Meaning |
| OFMSW | Organic Fraction Municipal Solid Waste |
| WHOI | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute |
| WINS | Well Impactor Ninety-Six |
| PMCC | Pensky-Martens Closed Cup |
| CCM | Complex Coordinate Method (in Calcns. On Quantum Tunneling) |
| PWRI | Public Works Research Institute (Japan) |
| LLOQ | Lower Limit Of Quantitation |
| IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Goods |
| UPVC | Unplasticized Poly(vinyl Chloride) |
| PAR | Photosynthetically Active Radiation |