diff --git a/css/derekovecs.css b/css/derekovecs.css
index c049257..82a7eda 100644
--- a/css/derekovecs.css
+++ b/css/derekovecs.css
@@ -430,4 +430,9 @@
 dd {
     font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;
     font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+    /* dt floats left with a width of 25ex, pulled 5ex further left and
+       followed by 1ex of margin, so it occupies everything up to 21ex. Without
+       a matching indent the dd fell back to the browser default of 40px and
+       its text wrapped around the float instead of starting after it. */
+    margin-left: 21ex;
 }
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