\begin{description}
 \item[label] First item
 \item[label] Second item
 ....
 \end{description}
 The description environment  is used to make labeled lists.  The label
 is bold face and flushed right.  The text of the \item command
 is indented.
Typical usage is for descriptive lists or lists of definitions; the label is then the name of the item being described or defined.