| Acronym | Meaning |
| OIB | Ocean Island Basalt |
| QRAR | Quantitative Retention-activity Relationship |
| STT | Surface Tension Transfer |
| TUNEL | Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferase-mediated DUTP Nick End-labeling |
| TBC | Toxicity Based Consent |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| CI | Compression-ignition (engine) |
| RMSEP | Root-mean-square Error Of Prediction |
| EIA | Energy Information Administration (DOE) |
| NDWBA | Normalized Distorted-wave Born Approximation |