| AB80 | Acid Blue 80 |
| AB129 | Acid Blue 129 |
| ABTS | 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt |
| ACS | Acetosyringone |
| AO7 | Acid Orange 7 |
| AR | Alizarin Red |
| BB | Bromophenol Blue |
| BG | Bright Green |
| BB K-3R | Brilliant Blue Reactive K-3R |
| BB K-GR | Brilliant Blue Reactive K-GR |
| BB X-BR | Brilliant Blue Reactive X-BR |
| BI | Blue Indigo |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| CCR | Cochineal Red |
| CG-250 | Coomassie G-250 |
| CM | Carmoisine |
| COD | Chemical oxygen demand |
| CR | Congo Red |
| CV | Crystal Violet |
| DB3 | Disperse Blue 3 |
| DBR KR | Dark Blue Reactive KR |
| DMP | 2,6 dimetoxifenol |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DWW | Domestic wastewater |
| nDWW | Non-domestic wastewater |
| FADH2 | Flavín adenín dinucleótido (reduced form) |
| GRAS | General recognized as safe |
| HBT | 1-hydrozybenzotriazole |
| HPI | N-hydroxyphthalimide |
| MG | Malachite Green |
| MV | Methyl Violet |
| NADH2 | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form) |
| NADPH2 | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced form) |
| pAOX | Alcohol oxidase promoter |
| pGAP | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase promoter |
| PB | Patented Blue |
| RBBR | Remazol Brilliant Blue R |
| RO | Reactive Orange |
| RO16 | Reactive Orange 16 |
| RR X-3B | Reactive Red X-3B |
| SA | Syringaldehyde |
| SZ | Syringaldazine |
| SY | Sunset Yellow |
| TDS | Total dissolved solids |
| TEMPO | 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy |
| TN | Total nitrogen |
| TNC | Trinuclear Copper Centre |
| TP | Total phosphorus |
| VA | Violuric acid |
| VAN | Vainillin |
| VB | Victoria Blue |