| Acronym | Meaning |
| MMP | Monitoring Master Plan (of North Sea Task Force) |
| EBHT | Electron Beam Hardening Treatment |
| MDI | Methylene Di-p-phenylene Isocyanate |
| ERCC | Excision Repair Cross-complementing |
| XPD | X-ray Photoelectron Diffraction |
| MSA | Multivariate Statistical Analysis |
| MZPFGE | Multiple-zone Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis |
| LT1ESWTR | Long Term 1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| IOSA | Infinite Order Suden Approxn. (for Mol. Scattering Calcns.) |
| SOM | Scanning Optical Microscope |