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HTML

<div id="q">
  <dl>
	<dt><p>lorem ipsum</p></dt>
	<dd><span>lorem ipsum</span></dd>
    <dd><span>lorem ipsum</span></dd>
    <dd><span>lorem ipsum</span></dd>
    <dd><span>lorem ipsum</span></dd>
  </dl>
</div>

CSS

#q dd:before{
	content: " ";
    display: inline-block;
}

JavaScript

var h = '65px';

$('<style>#q dd:before{height:'+h+'}</style>').appendTo('head');