1. A bleak and desolate atmosphere
   - bleakness, desolation, nakedness 
2. The state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body) 
3. An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation
   - starkness

Derived forms: barenesses

See also: bare

Type of: gloom, gloominess, glumness, nakedness, nudeness, nudity, plainness

• belt-fed
• belt-shaped
• belt-tightening
• Beltane
• belted
• belted ammunition
• belted kingfisher
• belted sandfish
• belting
• beltless
• beltlike
• beltman
• beltway
• beluga
• beluga caviar
• belvedere
• Belém
• bema
• Bemidji
• bemire
• Bemisia
• Bemisia tabaci
• bemoan
• bemock
• bemuse